We want to provide our patients with the very best care. To do this we need to have the right people, with the right skills in the right place at the right time.
The National Quality Board (2013 and 2016) requires NHS foundation trusts to publish details of nursing and midwifery staffing levels on a monthly basis.
This ensures we have transparency and assurance for patients, friends and family. We ensure that safe staffing levels are maintained at all times in line with the national quality board requirements.
All inpatient areas have staffing boards to clearly indicate the levels of planned and actual staff on duty on a daily basis.
The information we publish relates to the planned actual staffing levels. Differences between the planned and actual staffing maybe for a variety of reasons such as sickness or vacancies, while areas which appear to be higher than planned may be due to an increased requirement of a specific staff group to meet the needs of the patients at that time.
Duty rotas are planned in advance and staffing needs are reassessed daily by the senior nursing teams for each area to ensure that changing needs are met.
Full details are reported below and as part of our public meetings with our Board of Directors.
Reports
You can view the latest staffing levels published in our Board of Director reports and Safe Staffing reports using our online resource search.